Chapter 19 Display
Profile Properties: Global Properties

There are no global properties defined in the base Desktop. Global properties
are added via the sample portal installation. So, if you did not install the
sample portal, by default, you do not have any global properties defined in
the base Desktop.

Use global properties to assign properties that apply to all channels.
For example, this chapter shows (a snippet of) the global properties defined
in the dp-org.xml display profile file that is part of the sample portal.
You assign the global properties inside the <Properties> </Properties> definition by using tags such as <Collection> </Collection>, <String> </String>, <Integer>
</Integer>, and so on.

The list of all global attributes available with the default installation
of the sample portal and their description are:

GlobalThemes

Defines the global themes for the Desktop. Themes are mainly
focused on channel decoration like background color, channel border color,
border width, and font face. Custom themes give the end user the ability to
change the look and feel of the Desktop beyond the preset themes.

Global themes can be added in the display profile and changed by users
in their Desktops. See “Customizing the Global Themes” on page
259 for information on adding global themes.

UserTheme

Defines the theme that shows up in the user’s Desktop.
The value must be one of the collection values defined in GlobalThemes.
In dp-org.xml file, the value can be either theme1 or theme2. When users customize their Desktops, the value UserTheme will change.

docroot

Specifies the online help doc root relative to the installed portal/static location. See the Javadocs for more information on
the getHelp() method in the ProviderContext API.

helpURL

Specifies a default help file that is used by all containers.
If helpURL is specified in the container provider definition,
then that one is used.